The 20 projects recognized here are the result of a nearly year-long effort by ENR editors and more than 100 judges from the construction industry to determine category winners at various stages of the annual Best Projects competition.
Representing the pinnacle of U.S. design and construction for projects completed between May 2024 and May 2025, the teams show how they overcame a range of challenges to deliver impactful community assets.
In response to the ENR call, more than 800 entries were submitted. In each ENR region, editors assembled judging teams to choose the winning projects in 20 categories. Of these regional winners, more than 200 advanced to the national competition.
A new panel of judges (see next page) then reviewed each regional winner to determine the best of the best based on teamwork, safety, overcoming challenges, innovation and quality. Importantly, no judges reviewed any categories in which they had a conflict of interest.
Three projects were then shortlisted as Project of the Year, and Intel’s Fab 52 (Project Eagle) won the title of Project of the Year 2025.
Join ENR in recognizing the winning team members at the Award for Excellence Gala in New York City on March 26. For more information, visit ENRAwardofExcellence.com.
The Judges
Eva Bauer-Furbush
Bauer-Furbush Engineering and management consulting
Owner/Director
Dan Clevinger
DLR Group
Director, world leader of the performing and cultural arts
Nicholas De Nichilo
Mott MacDonald
President and CEO (retired)
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Bart Eberwein
Hoffman Corp.
Executive Vice President (retired)
Ginger Evans
Tower Consulting LLC
president
Camilo Garcia
DPR construction
Northeast co-regional leader
Mike Headrick
PCL
Senior Vice President and District Manager
Sam Hassoun
GLA Corp.
Founder and President
Randy Iwasaki
Iwasaki Consulting
CEO
Kaoni food
Northern Arizona University
Associate Professor of Practice
Parham Khoshkbari
Google
Director of Infrastructures
Manish Kothari
Sheladia Associates Inc.
President and CEO
David Miles
Kiewit
Executive Vice President
Rachel Rasmussen
architect
Architect and director
John Schaufelberger
University of Washington
Dean Emeritus, College of Built Environments
Cliff Schexnayder
Eminent Fellow Emerita, Del E. Webb School of Construction, Arizona State University
consultant
Tom Smith
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Executive Director (retired)
Claire Weisz
WXY studio
Founding Director
Edgar Westerhof
Arcadius
Senior Vice President and Director of US Climate Adaptation
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